104-C-161 UK Sten No.7 MK1/L Bayonet

The No.7 MK1/L was a very innovative and complex design, with a unique swiveling pommel. Part knife bayonet and part socket bayonet and would mount to the Lee Enfield No.4 rifle and the MK5 Sten submachine gun. The No.7 MK1/L (number seven, mark one, land service) was intended to address a number of desires:
1) Replace the No.4 spike bayonet (that nobody liked);
2) Utilize the clip-point blade of the No.5 MK1 bayonet (that everybody liked); and,
3) Serve a dual role as a fighting knife.